U.S.: "No One Should Be Fooled" By Russian Claims About Military Operations

Anderson Cooper 360

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🗓️ 30 March 2022

⏱️ 46 minutes

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A U.S. official says “no one should be fooled by Russia’s announcements” that they are scaling back their military operations in Ukraine and should brace for more aggression instead. CNN’s Chief International Anchor Christiane Amanpour is in Kyiv and joins AC360 to give an update on what she’s seeing and hearing in the capital city. Plus, Anderson Cooper checks in with Olena Gnes, who’s been hiding in a Kyiv shelter with her three kids while her husband fights the Russian forces. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Good evening, Air Raid.
0:02.0	Sirens have been going off tonight in Kiev.
0:04.0	They stand in contrast to Russia's announcement, of course, after peace talks earlier today
0:08.4	that it would, quote, drastically reduce military activity around the city and in Chernihiv
0:12.9	as well.
0:13.9	Instead tonight, there are the sirens followed by the sounds of Hebrary Artillery and Rocket
0:17.6	Fire.
0:18.6	There's how Ukraine's president framed the situation in his late night message to Ukrainians.
0:23.3	Alec Sincali.
0:24.9	The signals that we hear from the negotiating platform can be called positive, but these
0:28.7	signals don't drown out the explosions of Russian bombs.
0:32.2	The enemy is still in our territory.
0:34.4	They carry on shelling in our cities.
0:36.8	Mary-A-Pol was besieged.
0:38.8	Rocket and airtacks are not stopping.
0:42.0	At the Pentagon, a similar assessment, coupled with a warning that even a pullback from
0:45.7	Kiev doesn't mean those troops won't soon be fighting elsewhere or even that this was
0:49.6	Russia's final visit to the city.
0:53.2	Has there been some movement by some Russian units away from Kiev in the last day or so?
1:00.9	Yeah, we think so, small numbers.
1:04.0	But we believe that this is a repositioning, not a real withdrawal, and that we all should
1:09.8	be prepared to watch for a major offensive against other areas of Ukraine.
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